Anna Kendrick

A Tony nominee at the age of 12, actress Anna Kendrick graduated from top honors in the theater world to film stardom in a string of popular mainstream and independent releases in the late 2000s. Afte...
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Birdman was the toast of the 87th Oscars on Sunday (22Feb15), earning Best Picture as Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore also celebrated big wins at Hollywood's big night.
Birdman filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was named Best Director, while he also claimed Best Original Screenplay and Emmanuel Lubezki received the Best Cinematography award. Redmayne couldn't contain his excitement as he collected the Best Actor prize for his Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, and Julianne Moore scored Best Actress for Still Alice, while fellow awards season favourites and first-time nominees J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) and Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) walked away with the best supporting acting prizes.
Wes Anderson also had reason to celebrate as The Grand Budapest Hotel, which tied with Birdman for the most nominations with nine nods apiece, scored four titles, including Best Original Score for Alexandre Desplat. Each of the nominations for Best Original Song were performed, but it was John Legend and Common's powerful rendition of Selma track "Glory" which left actors David Oyelowo and Chris Pine in tears at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre as the audience gave the musicians a standing ovation. "Glory" went on to win the category. Meanwhile, Jennifer Hudson honoured the stars lost in the past year by singing "I Can't Let Go" as part of the In Memoriam segment, and Lady Gaga helped to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Oscar-winning movie The Sound of Music with an impressive medley of hits from the Dame Julie Andrews musical, including Edelweiss, Climb Ev'ry Mountain and the title song.
Ceremony host Neil Patrick Harris also showed off his vocals by opening the 2015 prizegiving with a comedic song and dance number with Anna Kendrick and actor/rocker Jack Black.
The full list of winners at the 2015 Oscars is:
Best Motion Picture of the Year: Birdman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Achievement in Directing: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo, Birdman
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Ida (Poland)
Best Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6 Best Documentary, Feature: Citizenfour
Best Documentary, Short Subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Best Short Film, Animated: Feast Best Short Film, Live Action: The Phone Call
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: "Glory" from Selma, by John Legend and Common
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Achievement in Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Best Achievement in Film Editing: Tom Cross, Whiplash
Best Achievement in Costume Design: Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Achievement in Production Design: Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Interstellar Best Achievement in Sound Editing: American Sniper
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Whiplash
Academy Honorary Awards: Jean-Claude Carriere Hayao Miyazaki Maureen O'Hara Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Harry Belafonte.

Whiplash star J.K. Simmons has kicked off the celebrations at the 87th Oscars by walking away with the first prize of the night for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.
The 60-year-old first-time nominee was the favourite heading into Sunday's (22Feb15) ceremony after adding an Independent Spirit Award to his Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA accolades on Saturday (21Feb15), and he continued his awards season victory parade by beating fellow contenders Robert Duvall (The Judge), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Edward Norton (Birdman) and Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) to claim the top Oscar.
Stepping up to the podium, Simmons gave thanks to his "wonderful" wife Michelle Schumacher, and then urged people everywhere to call their parents and tell them they loved them. He said, "Call your mum, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text, don't email, call them on the phone, tell them you love them and thank them and listen to them as long as they want to talk to you. Thank you. Thank you mum and dad."
Ceremony host Neil Patrick Harris opened the 2015 prizegiving at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre by poking fun at the lack of diversity among this year's Oscars nominations, quipping, "Welcome to the 87th Oscars. Tonight we honor Hollywood's best and whitest, sorry brightest...!" He then launched into a song and dance number with Anna Kendrick, dressed as Cinderella, and actor/rocker Jack Black as an outspoken, disgruntled audience member, who leaped up onstage and belted out his complaints in a little melody, before he was kicked off stage.
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the 2015 nominees with nine nods apiece, followed by The Imitation Game with eight.

"I just want to watch Blake make cakes and stuff... My dream is to sit at home and watch Blake make cakes with her baby." Actress Anna Kendrick wants new mum Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds to front a new family reality TV show.

In honor of the show’s 40th anniversary, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite Saturday Night Live hosts of all time. Whether they’ve hosted a whopping 16 times (Alec Baldwin) or inexplicably only hosted once (Neil Patrick Harris), they’ve kept us watching over the years. Because when SNL gets the host right, it’s a fun Saturday night.
Justin Timberlake
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Justin has hosted five times, officially placing him in the five-timers clubs of SNL hosts. He’s almost like an alternate cast member at this point. And it’s no wonder, he’s participated in some of the most memorable sketches the show has seen in the past 10 years. D*ck in a box, anyone?
Alec Baldwin
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He’s hosted the most times out of anyone in SNL history. That’s saying something. His first appearance was in 1990 and his most recent one was in 2011. We think he’s due for another.
Jon Hamm
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We love that Jon Hamm is undercover funny. If you watched him as the tortured Don Draper on Mad Men, you’d never know he had a hidden funny bone. Thank God for SNL. Sketches like “Jon Hamm’s John Ham” and his role as Sergio the sexy saxophonist were all we hoped for and more.
Andrew Garfield
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To be honest, we didn’t think Andrew Garfield could be funny. But his spot on Justin Timberlake impersonation proved us wrong.
Anna Kendrick
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This girl was a natural. Her comedic timing was spot on and she played a fantastic pop song-singing Ariel.
Neil Patrick Harris
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He literally hosts everything else (the Tonys, the Emmys, and now the Oscars), so we’re a little surprised that he’s only hosted SNL once. Hopefully when he’s done hosting every other awards show known to man, he can come back and do some more hilarious sketches.
Drew Barrymore
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Ok, we have to give it up for Drew Barrymore because she was the youngest host of SNL ever. She first hosted the show when she was 7 years old! She’s hosted it five other times since.
Tina Fey
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We always love when former cast members come back to host, because you know it'll be good. Tina Fey was no exception. Her spoof of Girls just reminded us how much we miss her SNL contributions.
Christopher Walken
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You know what SNL needs? More cowbell! Also, more Christopher Walken.
Ben Affleck
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Ben Affleck is also a five-timer, so you know he must be doing something right. His most recent appearance was in 2013, and his wife Jennifer Garner made a cameo during his monologue.
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Lady Gaga has been added to the list of stars performing at the Oscars. The Poker Face singer will join the likes of Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Hudson and Rita Ora when she hits the stage at the Academy Awards on 22 February (15).
She announced the big news by posting a video on her Instagram account, but stopped short of revealing what she would be doing at the Oscars.
The big show's producer Craig Zadan says, "Welcome @ladygaga to Dolby stage to appear on the #Oscars for a very special performance. It's been a joy working you, Gaga!"

Actor Jeremy Jordan came to the rescue during the premiere of his new film The Last 5 Years by rushing to the stage when the lights went out. Jordan took the stage at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City after a bizarre series of events led to a power outage, halting the screening of his new movie with Anna Kendrick on Monday night (09Feb15).
Firstly, the lights in the packed cinema went on, prompting director Richard LaGravenese to ask the projectionist to stop the film, and then everything went off - including the power to the projection booth, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Realising something was wrong, Jordan jumped up and asked the audience, "Does anyone know Cathy's part?", suggesting someone join him on stage to play Kendrick's character, since the actress was not present for the premiere.
The Broadway vet called up LaGravenese, and he willingly sat on the actor's lap while the amused audience members used their cell phones to light up the stage.
The power in the venue eventually came back on, and the screening continued as planned.
The Last 5 Years, which chronicles the beginning and end of a young couple's marriage, opens in the U.S. on Friday (13Feb15).

"All jokes aside, @katyperry your voice tonight was actually unreal. So were your boobs. That is also not a joke to me." Actress Anna Kendrick was left in awe of pop star Katy Perry after her spectacular Super Bowl half time show on Sunday (01Feb15).

Into The Woods star Anna Kendrick worries about her first encounter with Ryan Gosling because she fears she will have to address a tweet she once posted about pleasuring herself during one of his films.
The actress has become known for her candid tweets and she once joked about masturbating in the back row of a cinema during a Gosling film. Although she has no regrets about the bawdy post, she is a little concerned about a possible meeting with her crush.
She tells Nylon magazine ,"Thank God I've never been in a room with him... I'm sure he has a sense of humor, but I'd probably feel like I'd have to address it (tweet), and I'd end up saying something to make it much, much worse."

Summary

A Tony nominee at the age of 12, actress Anna Kendrick graduated from top honors in the theater world to film stardom in a string of popular mainstream and independent releases in the late 2000s. After wowing the Broadway world in a 1998 production of "High Society," she impressed critics and audiences alike with her film debut in the 2003 comedy-musical, "Camp." Kendrick earned more praise for 2007's "Rocket Science," which preceded her biggest movie then to date, the teen vampire romance, "Twilight" (2008). Subsequent roles in major Hollywood features opposite Ben Stiller and a supporting actress Oscar nomination for "Up in the Air" (2009) solidified her status as one of the brightest up-and-coming talents in entertainment.